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Analysts, krcritics are saying this is just the u.s. president wrargd the north korean leader for virtually nothing. u.s. intelligence will tell you that north korea has continued to develop weapons of -- nuclear weapons program, its nuclear weapons program and that by having these photo opportunities, by legitimizing the north korean leader this is just a way of rewarding him, jim. >> we should remind our viewers that in just a few moments time president moon of south korea and president trump ...

And it looks like its going to be more than just a handshake, jim! and when the president was c confronted with the fact that there has been no progress on denuclearization since the start of the summits, this now the third meeting between them. he claimed, and i know you have had heard this claim before, he claimed that was fake news and cited other sign of progress. we know youre going to stay on top of it, jim. please stand by. were up here in the dmz where in the next 90 minutes, president t...

There. as for the last question, what i had explained was if north korea goes through the dismantlement in a genuine way, dismantlement of the nuclear complex in yongbyon, then this will mean we will be entering -- we will be arriving at the entrance of an irreversible substantive denuclearization. so if this indeed is implemented, then the international community will be able to discuss partial sanctions relief. my words were in this context. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> now well take a...

Potential deal of denuclearization but came away with nothing? what is accomplished today beyond -- listen, the history of meeting face to face but largely a photo opportunity. >> if president trump does step across the border, across the ndl into the north korean side of the dmz, as he said yesterday he would be very comfortable doing, then he goes down in history. he becomes the first sitting u.s. president to ever go into north korea. when it comes to what does this mean for denuclearization,...

Trump today, he was honestly very honest for a change, cwas what his definition of peace is. peace according to president trump is no long range missile tests and no nuclear tests. lets be clear. kim jong un says he does not need to do those tests because he has already achieved those capabilities and at this point, president trump has made very clear that denuclearization is not a goal that he is in a rush for. his definition of peace is none of these long range missile tests or nuclear tests a...

In these months of talks, and now as we come up to the third face-to-face meeting, what concrete has been achieved through these negotiations between the u.s. and north korea? >> well, jim what we learned today is that the presidents role is not in fact, the complete verify -- verify fiable denuclearization. little has been achieved with respect to that goal. we have not seen inspectors do an inventory of north korea weapons. we have not seen north korea e irreversible dismantle. and kim jong un...

Prove the way toward peace for the korean peninsula. continuous dialogue is the only viable option for achieving complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. today president trump and i have reaffirmed that were absolutely on the same page when it comes to denuclearization and that we share common goals. in particular, as complete denuclearization and peace building on the korean peninsula and normalization of u.s.-dprk relations for the goals committed to in the singapore agreement we con...

Dismantlement of yongbyon facilities may be the start of a denuclearization. did you discuss this within todays summit meeting with president trump, and what was the response from the u.s. side? >> welcome president trump upon your second visit to the republic of korea. at the restricted bilateral meeting this morning president moon, you had mentioned that you will be accompanying president trump to the dmz but the focus of the dialogue that will happen at the dmz will be between president trump...

Significance of todays travel to the dmz, i believe. so inter-korean dialogue will be set aside for the moment. the focus will be the discussions between the u.s. and north korea. a third north korea-u.s. summit and the timing of that, really that would depend on what kind of change todays encounter will bring about. but we have expectations for future developments obviously. the last portion of your question related to yongbyon nuclear complex and whether if that is completely dismantled with s...

Made too many concessions in exchange for nothing but a vague promise. president trump heading back to washington tonight amid questions about whether he gave more than he got in return for a historic summit in singapore. trump dispatching secretary of state mike pompeo to iron out the details of his agreement with key u.s. allies. >> thank you very much. its fantastic. >> reporter: both trump and kim jong-un pledging to pursue denuclearization. signing a pact that was short on details. no timet...